‘Trade is vital for our agriculture sector,’ says MacAulay as Canada inks CPTPP

'With all of our trade agreements in place, our agriculture and food industry will have a competitive advantage in almost two-thirds of the global economy,' the agriculture minister told The Hill Times.

Seeking new markets abroad, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, pictured right with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, says the Trudeau government will continue to defend Canada's supply management system at 'home and around the world.'The Hill Times file photograph

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 12, 2018

To borrow a sports analogy, Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay has been playing offence and defence when it comes to seeking international markets for Canadian agricultural products for the past year and a half. For example, Mr. MacAulay (Cardigan, P.E.I.) visited China last year in hopes of op...

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